True, advance technology will determine how warfare is going to be done. If any of you had played Galaxy Angel, the Angel Frame is basically a fighter equipped with battleships weapon and combine with advance technology such as shielding and HALO system, it could easily defeat a fleet of battleships.
Maybe we can also learn from history, at first battleships and cruisers rule the sea with airplane serving as a scout, but later during WW II, airplane started to be armed with bombs and torpedoes which could easily sunk a battleship than a direct bombardment. Further technology such as jet engine, missiles, radar and construction made airplane and the aircraft carrier much more superior and ending the battleship era.
Its just like a a counter game with each newly discovered technology:
- airplane with bombs, torpedoes > battleship/cruiser armor and guns
- radar technology and AA missiles (eg, AEGIS cruisers) > fighter/bomber plane
- Stealth technology > detection system and warning